£2.5m spent on NHS CB staff

New figures in annual report covering the period October 2011-March 2012 have revealed that the National Commissioning Board Authority spent £2.5m on staff in the first five months of its existence.

The documents details staff costs including up to £265,000 for its chief executive and national directors, most of whom were only working for the NHS CB for 40% of their time. Chief executive Sir David Nicholson was paid between £35,000 and £40,000 for 40% of his time that period with the rest of his time spent at the Department of Health, where he remains NHS chief executive.